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It’s Labor Day, the end of the summer. The Monday Muggle Meta is closing down its lakeside cottage, pasting the labels on the last Mason jars of tomatoes and peaches, and relegating its white shoes to the back of the closet. (Is no-white-shoes-after-Labor-Day still a thing?) With all that, MMM still manages to bring you a puzzle. It’s not giving too much away to tell you that the meta is not related to Labor Day except that in keeping with the spirit of the holiday, it should not, I think, require much work. But what do I know?

Most of the theme clues in this puzzle are not original with me. I had to leave a few of mine, along with some other good ones, on the cutting-room floor. I encourage you to submit your own along with your answer. All these will be posted along with the solution Sunday morning.

Nudges Wednesday whether you need them or not.

The answer provides many examples of the A&Q format

A&Q PUZ

A&Q PDF

A&Q spreadsheet

Crosshare

Off the couch! Fun puzzle, @Bird Lives.

OTC. Nicely done, Jay.

Left the couch. Thanks, Jay

Off the couch! Nice one, Jay!

OTC!

Loved it! Thanks, Jay!

Off the couch.
Good puzzle!

Off the couch! Nice start to the week!

Off the couch and waiting for confirmation but 99% confident.

I asked for extra credit for having been to 1A and 45A - and survived

Confirmed - very clever and well executed meta

Off the couch! Kind of guessed what it was early on but wanted to see the “get cute”. Loved it, and as you can imagine I have a bunch of the mentioned examples which I’ll get to on the computer and not this tiny phone.

Thanks Jay for a Labor of love.

Tom

Off the couch and a fun "aha" moment - thanks, Jay!

Off the couch. Good one, Mr. Livingston!!

Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Mon Sep 05, 2022 12:07 pm I asked for extra credit for having been to 1A and 45A - and survived

IS THAT why they have your picture in the post-office at both places? I wondered.....

We are laboring at our own pace this holiday, so this was a fun one to break up the monotony of the chores! Thanks so much for the great puzzle!

Off the couch! Just the right level of cleverness. Thanks Jay!

Loved it - Thanks, Jay!

Off the couch. Found a rabbit hole, but it didn't go very deep. Fun puz. Thanks, Jay!
Now here's something for "personal enrichment" [not a spoiler]...

I’m off the couch. Excellent crossword and a fun meta!

What a treat!

Off the couch. I enjoyed the puzzle...thanks Jay!